Psittacosis and Ornithosis
Abstract
The disease of parrots, psittacosis is present in animals as generalized infections with a predominance of digestive symptoms. Transmissable to man it takes on the characters of an infection of a typhoid type, during which in general pulmonary complications set in. One always finds at the beginning of human epidemics a contact with sick birds. It was essentially this epidemiological character which allowed the clinical identification of the disease. The experimental research taken up as a consequence of the great pandemic of 1929-1930 resulted in a complete revision of our knowledge of ediology of psittacosis. It was demonstrated that the agent of this disease was an ultravirus.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0845949
Entities
People
- Jean Vieuchange
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories